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A Lost Lady Paperback – February 2, 2009

by Willa Cather (Author)

4.2 859 ratings

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Willa Cather was an early 20th century author best known for her novels; O Pioneers, My Antonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop. In 1906 Cather became the managing editor of McClure's magazine. As a muckraker journalist Cather co-authored a scathing biography about the head of the Christian Science church, Mary Baker Eddy. A Lost Lady is written in the third person. Niel Herbert is a young man who grows up in Sweet Water and witnesses the decline of Mrs. Forrester for whom he feels very deeply. Cather portrays the moral disintegration of a lovable woman as seen through the eyes of a boy. The West is also depicted in its decline from the idealized age of noble pioneers to the age of capitalist exploitation.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Book Jungle (February 2, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 180 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1438508778
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1438508771
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.38 x 9.25 inches

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M Dickens

short but well-written

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2022

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Cather paints her stories well… I easily envision the characters and the scenery. This book reminded me of the saying about “not meeting one’s hero’s”. Once Niel matures, he sees Mrs. Forrester for who she really is, and it’s a let down. It’s only later in life that he is able to let go of the fantasy that he created of her and accepts her.

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James Fraise-Blanc

Portrait of a Lady

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2015

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The cover shown as posted by Amazon, of a woman looking somewhat seductively posed displays the fact that the person(s) responsible for the cover had a gross misunderstanding of the tale told by Willa Cather or has not read the book. The lady of the title fits the narrator/society's concept of lost, but in the late 19th century, not a contemporary one. It is no "sex in the city." The story is seductive in that we are taken on a journey over the span of life in the late century to the beginning of the 20th. It illustrates the fortune not just of one woman but her husband, loves and of a town. It is a portrait of society during the brief interlude when the development of the railroad was integral to the building of our nation. As the story unfolds we follow the lives of the household which has befriended the orphaned boy who is telling the story. It focuses on 'the Lady' who is beloved and enchanting, only to fall to the later disillusionment of the teller of the tale. How lost the woman is may be left up to the reader, and possibly that is the quest of the novel.

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Ann White

All things Cather

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2023

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Willa Cather Will always be a
Favorite writer. I cherish every
Character she births. And every
Description of the time and place she
Came to know. Her stories are an American
Treasure, her style unmistakable.

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Trieu Nguyen

Not the author, the design and printing are not pretty

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2020

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I buy this book for my English class. I had to buy the hard cover because the paperback was out of stock. The way it is printed, its font, its's smell, its line spacing make me uncomfortable to read. I wish the publisher can design it better so that I can enjoy the book completely. However, it is delivered very quick. I appreciate this.

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2022

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I enjoyed this book, as I have all of W. Cather's books. It is the story of a young, beautiful woman married to a much older man. The events that unfold are narrated by a young teenaged neighbor boy who admires her from afar. While the human story is very interesting, the descriptions of the prairie farms, seasons, Indians, also is moving.

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Dan

As Only Wia Cather writes

Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2022

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I would give it a five but having read some of other works that were even better. As good as this is it is hard to realize she has published even better works.

A fan of her work.

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JMart

Pure Willa Cather

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2021

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This excellent story of two main characters and the period of their lives they shared with each other, is told with great clarity, detail and, as always, great economy of words. The author (as always) paints wonderful portraits of people against the accurate and informative backdrop of historical events.

6 people found this helpful

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L. Potts

A Powerful Story

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2016

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Willa Cather was a writer of rare gifts. She created her novels in a day and time when women writers were extremely scarce, at least women writers of genuine ability. James Thurber praised her as on a par with Henry James. Her novel "My Antonia" is a recognized classic, and "A Lost Lady" is a work of equal power, the story of a woman caught in a world once romantic and fulfilling, now stifling. The death of her elderly husband sends her on a course of desperation in which she risks everything to experience life once more, and on her own terms. The book itself is so short as to be read in a couple of sittings, but crafted so superbly it seems monumental in its achievement. It is a book that will remain with you, another Cather classic.

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Annie

read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2020

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good

John Clark

it looks like they only lost half of her

Reviewed in Canada on November 10, 2015

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I've yet to read the book, but, based on the cover alone, it looks like they only lost half of her.

Amazon Customer

Not so illustrated.

Reviewed in Canada on May 18, 2019

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There were no illustrations in the version I downloaded. The story and writing were excellent though.

P M Smith

Not her best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2014

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Anyone who has been enchanted by My Antonia or O Pioneer will be disappointed in this Willa Cather novel. Readable but lacking her wonderful descriptions of landscape and people.

Vassilios Koutsis

thank you

Reviewed in Canada on January 16, 2020

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thank you

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